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Lower Ditchford is a medieval settlement located in Gloucestershire, England, comprising the earthwork remains of a deserted or shrunken village. The site preserves evidence of medieval occupation through ridge-and-furrow field systems and associated settlement features that reflect the agricultural and domestic organisation of the medieval period. Such settlements are valuable archaeological records of medieval rural life and land use patterns in the English Midlands and West Country, documenting the medieval transition from dispersed settlement to consolidated village forms.
Lower Ditchford medieval settlement is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1018152. View the official record →
Lower Ditchford is a medieval settlement located in Gloucestershire, England, comprising the earthwork remains of a deserted or shrunken village. It is designated a Scheduled Ancient Monument by Historic England (NHLE) under reference 1018152.
Lower Ditchford medieval settlement is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1018152.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Tithe barn (6.6 km), Bourton Clump long barrow (7.4 km), Bowl barrow 620m south west of Sezincote (8.6 km).
This page is just one thread. A full Aubrey report pulls together 15 strands of Lower Ditchford medieval settlement's history, each drawn from the record and mapped to the exact spot:
Every location is different. Not every section appears for every place, only what the historical record actually holds turns up in a report.
Lower Ditchford medieval settlement stands on Lias Group, bedrock that formed in the Aalenian. The rock here is mudstone, siltstone, limestone and sandstone.